Forming and centering : foundational aspects of architectural design / Kenneth M. Moffett.

By:

Moffett, Kenneth M [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.Edition: First editionDescription: x, 300 pages : illustrations, plans ; 28 cmISBN:

9781786358295
1786358298

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

729 23

LOC classification:

NA2750 .M64 2017

Contents:

Part I FORMING -- 1. Unitary -- 2. Addition -- Adjoining -- Linear Linking -- Matrix Embedding -- Touching -- Enfacing -- Collidive Embedding -- Superposition -- Encapsulation -- "Z Axis" Cases -- 3. Replication -- Duplication & Regression: Singular -- Linear -- Planar -- Volumetric -- 4. Subtraction -- Plan Oriented: One, Two, Three Dimensions -- Elevation Oriented: One, Two, Three Dimensions -- Variants on the Mediating Cases "Ultimate" Subtraction -- 5. Deformation -- Tensile -- Compressive -- Shear -- Bending -- Torque -- Biomorphic -- Explosive -- Implosive -- 6. Dimensionalities -- Planar -- Volumetric/Planar -- Linear -- Volumetric/Linear -- Planar/Linear -- Volumetric/Planar/Linear -- 7. Formative Hybrids -- Volumetric -- Planar -- Volumetric/Planar -- Linear -- Volumetric/Linear -- Planar/Linear -- Volumetric/Planar/Linear -- Part II CENTERING -- 8. Limiting Cases -- Radials: Core- and Void-Centered -- Shells: Core- and Void-Centered -- 9. Linking Cases -- Full Penumbras: Core- and Void-Centered -- Partial Penumbras: Core- and Void-Centered -- Unitary Redux -- 10. Centering Hybrids -- Additive: Linear Linking -- Touching -- Enfacing -- Embedding -- Superposition -- Encapsulation -- "Z Axis" Cases -- Replicative: Cores -- Grids -- Subtractive: Incrementation -- Subtractive Accommodation -- Deformative: Morphing -- Deformative Accommodation -- 11. Conclusions -- Forming Modes Related -- Centering Modes Related -- Forming & Centering Related.

Summary: Nearly every work of architecture can be characterized by specific approaches to forming and centering. An awareness of these "underpinnings" would facilitate a more informed approach to architectural design problems, as well as a deeper understanding of the central issues (and flaws) embodied by completed works of architecture. But the addressing of such topics has generally remained multifarious and diverse: more in the nature of a collection of independent issues than an overarching analytical argument. In this book, fresh looks at such issues are assembled and recast into a fully integrated narrative, based on two foundational and complementary aspects of architectural design: those that give shape and those that give focus-forming and centering.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Premier University Department of Architecture Library	729	1	Available		28941

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and index.

Nearly every work of architecture can be characterized by specific approaches to forming and centering. An awareness of these "underpinnings" would facilitate a more informed approach to architectural design problems, as well as a deeper understanding of the central issues (and flaws) embodied by completed works of architecture. But the addressing of such topics has generally remained multifarious and diverse: more in the nature of a collection of independent issues than an overarching analytical argument. In this book, fresh looks at such issues are assembled and recast into a fully integrated narrative, based on two foundational and complementary aspects of architectural design: those that give shape and those that give focus-forming and centering.

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